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KMID : 0358920170440010038
Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2017 Volume.44 No. 1 p.38 ~ p.46
Effectiveness of Dental Emergency Education for School Nurses
Yang Sun-Mi

Kim Jae-Hwan
Choi Nam-Ki
Lim Hoi-Soon
Kim Seon-Mi
Abstract
School nurses can play an important role in improving the prognosis of traumatized teeth of school children when they are informed about the immediate and proper dental first aid steps. The purpose of this study were to assess the awareness of school nurses concerning the management of traumatized teeth and to determine if a lecture on dental trauma management could improve school nurses¡¯knowledge on this topic. School nurses in Gwangju and Jeonnam province completed a questionnaire before and after the lecture on the first-aid knowledge with particular focus on the following three categories. Questionnaires are composed of questions asking general information and about knowledge and proper attitude in case of the specific situation on dental trauma. According to previous studies, school nurses¡¯ knowledge tended to be higher compared with the teachers. Improvement of knowledge in school nurse was observed in emergency actions, in visiting time, replantation, carriage method, vaccine prescription related with luxation, and in possibility of fragment reattachment related with subluxation and fracture. In conclusion, it is recommended that periodical education are needed for improvement of school nurses¡¯knowledge on proper management of dental trauma emergency.
KEYWORD
School nurse , Dental trauma , Education
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